Christ Blessing Children Brought to Him by Angels

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1915 Three-light window. Christ stands in the central light with children. Further children in the outer lights with standing angels. Further angels above and in the four main tracery lights. technique: stained glass size: 43 cm (width of each light) firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd Church of St Augustine, Rumney, Cardiff south wall of the sanctuary The Kempe and Tower mark is included in the lower left-hand light. Texts over the outer lights: 'I have redeemed thee ... I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine' (Isaiah 43:1). Dedication: 'In loving recollection of a great friend and in thankfulness to God for the life of James Edward Harris, fourteen brothers and sisters dedicate this and the adjoining window. A.D. 1915.' The window is a variant of the common theme of Christ blessing children brought to him by their mothers (Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17). In this composition, children are brought to him by angels.  (ObjectID=754 ImageID=9581) Original File Name=Rumney_DSC7026B.jpg

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• adult Christ receiving the dead into heaven 
• angels 
• child 

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 311.

Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 329.

Photo © Martin Crampin